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PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 10:10 am 
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Not vintage parts but Kaw, Honda Suzuki and Yamaha later model stuff. I had been using Metric Parts outlet as they had the cheapest prices but their shipping was very slow. I had to give up on them finally as they started charging my credit card and never sending me any parts.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 11:33 am 
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Partzilla has ben real good to me. I think most are to be looked at closely.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 12:49 pm 

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I order probably more parts than most and I always try to buy nos. Partzilla and CMSL are the best two I know of and when they don't have what I need I go to Ebay. Ebay is usually crazy expensive but if you really need a part you can usually find it.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 2:37 pm 
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For the brands they carry, I like www.boats.net I got most of the Yamaha parts I needed for the DT100 from them. They had lots of stock and shipped promptly.

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PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 7:09 pm 
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Interesting about the boat place Jim. I would have thought they were marine only. Thanks for the replies fellas. I need to order some maint. parts for my daily riders and my wife's scooter.


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 24, 2018 7:31 pm 
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Pretty sure boats.net and partzilla are owned by the same company. Boats revamped their website making it extremely hard to find the motorcycle parts. Partzilla has their main warehouse in SW GA (Albany) so shipping in the SE US is quick.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:09 am 
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I looked on the boats website Evans and you are right about it being hard to find the mc parts. If I had all the part numbers it may have been easier. I needed air and oil filters, various o rings and a drive belt. Ordered them from Partzilla. Says they will ship out Tuesday. Good to know they are fairly close buy. I'm usually not in a big hurry to get parts as long as I can get them in a couple of weeks.


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PostPosted: Sun Nov 25, 2018 8:12 am 
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Thanks Evans, they used to make it easy to look up motorcycle parts by model and year, get exploded diagrams, etc..

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:07 am 

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I think Babbits has the lowest prices. 0ne item example, KTM LC4 camshaft. Babbits $170.00, Partsfish $223.25, Munn Racing $253.69. Partzilla doesn't do KTM.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 7:14 pm 
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I looked on Babbits and they did have some lower prices. They were out of a couple things I was looking for and in order to get free shipping , I went with partzilla. Will keep Babbits in mind for future orders. A Honda friend of mine likes Bike Bandit but their prices were way higher than the other places.


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